Noir Haven MUCK is heavily based on a number of pop culture sources.
These include such movies as 'Sin City' and 'Sky Captain and the
World of Tomorrow' as well as games like 'Bioshock', and more
importantly, the 'Crimson Skies' series. The latter's background
matching heavily with ours.

In short, the MUCK takes place in an alternate 1930's setting
in which the United States has broken apart into various
squabbling nation states. This being the direct result of
numerous incidents soon after World War 1, such as the failure of
Prohibition on a nation level, the onset of the Great Depression,
and the 1918 Influenza pandemic. All of this, together with certain
changes in the rest of the world, making for a distinctly different
history than our own.

The MUCK itself is set in the fictional city of New Haven,
a bustling metropolis situated near the ocean in what was
once the state of Massachusetts, but which is since known together
with the other eastern states as the Atlantic Union. Serving as
the last bastion of the old US Government, which wields its scepter
over the Union from its seat in Washington D.C, and continues to cling
to old values such as Prohibition in a desperate bid to retain some
of its old power. In New Haven itself however, these values are a
sham. Police and local government are continually bought off
to ignore the prevalence of speakeasies and the public consumption
of alcohol in the slums, and seemingly willingly give up their power
to the various criminal factions that operate in the city
with impunity.